Famous Homeschoolers: J. R. R. Tolkien

He was homeschooled until his mother passed away when he was 12 years old.

Tolkien was a philologist (fi lol o jist) or someone who studies “literary texts and written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.”

AND, he did that for FUN!

Homeschooler Tolkien liked to invent new languages, which he then used in his books!

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